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Airport, city need a thorough cleaning

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I recently took a trip to Boston. The contrast between the Columbus and Boston airports was
amazing.

We arrived at Port Columbus at 6 a.m. Both the men’s and women’s restrooms were filthy. The
airport carpeting is worn and dirty. It needed to be vacuumed, and small pieces of trash needed to
be picked up and discarded.

When we arrived in Boston, the airport was spotless, as were the restrooms. The entire city, in
sharp contrast to Downtown Columbus, was spotless. Every small town we visited mirrored Boston.
This was evident even in areas that no one would term affluent.

We left Boston at 7 p.m. and arrived in Columbus at 10 p.m. Again, the Boston airport and
restrooms were spotless. Again, the Columbus airport needed to be cleaned. Both of the restrooms
were filthy. No cleaning crews in sight. What kind of first impression does this make for visitors
to our city? Not a good one, I would wager.

As an aside, who designed access to remote parking? Walk forever, take an escalator down, then
immediately take an escalator up. Try explaining this to visitors.